Aug 30 2023
Teram Kangri II Teram Kangri II is a 7,407-meter (24,301-foot) summit in the remote eastern Karakoram, forming part of the Teram Kangri massif in the Siachen Muztagh. Although it rises higher than nearly every mountain outside the Himalaya and Karakoram, it is generally considered a subsidiary summit because it is closely connected to the higher …
Aug 27 2023
Saser Kangri III Saser Kangri III is a 7,495-meter (24,590-foot) mountain in the Saser Muztagh of the eastern Karakoram in Ladakh, India. Rising amid a compact group of some of the highest mountains in the Karakoram, it stands between the greater mass of Saser Kangri I and the high summits associated with Saser Kangri II. …
Aug 27 2023
Saser Kangri II East Saser Kangri II East is the highest summit of Saser Kangri II, rising to approximately 7,518 meters (24,665 feet) in the Saser Muztagh of the eastern Karakoram in Ladakh, India. Modern topographic databases give a slightly lower figure of about 7,513 meters, but 7,518 meters remains the elevation widely used in …
Aug 26 2023
Jomolhari | Chomo Lhari (ཇོ་མོ་ལྷ་རི, jo mo lha ri, 绰莫拉日峰, Chuòmòlārì Fēng) Jomolhari is one of the great mountains of the eastern Himalayas, rising to approximately 7,326 meters (24,035 feet) along the border between Bhutan and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Also written Chomolhari, Chomo Lhari, Jhomolhari, and Jumolhari, the mountain is immediately recognizable …
Aug 26 2023
Kula Kangri Kula Kangri is a spectacular 7,538-meter (24,730-foot) mountain in the eastern Himalayas of Tibet, China, rising immediately north of Bhutan. Its broad, heavily glaciated massif contains several summits above 7,000 meters and dominates a remote corner of the Himalayas where the high Tibetan plateau meets the deep valleys of Bhutan. For many years, …
Aug 26 2023
Chura Kang Chura Kang is a remote, glaciated mountain on the Bhutan–Tibet border in the eastern Himalayas. Rising to roughly 6,400–6,650 meters (about 21,000–21,800 feet) depending on the source, it forms part of a little-known chain of high peaks east of Gangkhar Puensum and south of the Kula Kangri massif. Unlike many Himalayan mountains of …
Aug 26 2023
Gangkhar Puensum (གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ་, Kangkar Punsum, Gangkar Punsum, Gankar Punzum) Gangkhar Puensum is a towering 7,570-meter (24,835-foot) mountain in the eastern Himalayas along the remote frontier between Bhutan and Tibet. Widely recognized as Bhutan’s highest mountain and the highest unclimbed independent mountain on Earth, it occupies an unusual place in mountaineering history: several expeditions attempted it …
Aug 26 2023
Putha Hiunchuli (Dhaulagiri VII) Putha Hiunchuli is a 7,246-meter (23,772-foot) mountain at the western end of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri Himal. Also known as Dhaulagiri VII, the mountain rises above one of the most remote landscapes in western Nepal, where the great snow peaks of the Dhaulagiri massif gradually give way to the high, arid country of …
Aug 26 2023
Annapurna Dakshin (Annapurna South, Moditse) Annapurna Dakshin Annapurna Dakshin, better known internationally as Annapurna South, is a 7,219-meter (23,684-foot) mountain in Nepal’s Annapurna Himal. Rising dramatically above the Modi Khola valley and the famous Annapurna Sanctuary, it forms one of the most recognizable parts of the skyline seen from Pokhara, Ghandruk, Poon Hill, and the …
Aug 26 2023
Langtang Lirung Langtang Lirung is the highest mountain of Nepal’s Langtang Himal, rising dramatically above the Langtang Valley north of Kathmandu. Modern topographic data place its summit at approximately 7,227 meters (23,711 feet), although elevations of 7,234 and 7,245 meters remain common in mountaineering and Nepalese government sources. What Langtang Lirung lacks in comparison with …
